Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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JOHNS HOPKINS CAPS OFF PATH PROBE

Johns Hopkins University emerged from a long-running physicians-at-teaching-hospitals audit relatively unscathed February 14, capping off a federal inquiry by agreeing to pay an $800,000 settlement. That’s a relative pittance when compared to some of the other settlements that have arisen from the notorious PATH initiative, which in some cases have exceeded $10 million per institution. PATH audits are designed to [...]
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